Historic Thorp + CBC tenant artist, L. Scott Helmes, will be exhibiting his extraordinary work at the Gage Family Gallery.
Time On Paper is a collection of work created by ten contemporary Minnesota book artists. To learn more about the exhibit, please visit thewebsite.
January 10 – February 25, 2011
Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College
Artist Reception: Friday, January 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Artists Discussion: Thursday, January 27, Noon Adeline Johnson Conference Room, Oren Gateway Center
"Yogasana is the brand-name of a series of products that are helpful in the practice of yoga and (we hope) contribute towards one's well being.
We have been making cotton rugs in India for the past 15 years. We used our expertise in cotton to make a rug that's dedicated to the practice of yoga. Our hand-loomed rugs are extremely strong. We warranty them for 15 years but you can expect them to last a lifetime.
The rugs are hand-make on manual looms in an area of India that was the birthplace of yoga. The idea of a cotton mat for yoga is not new... but dates back to the origin of the practice.
We hope that our Yogasana rug will support your yoga practice and we would enjoy your sharing the results with us."
The ten artists in WAM's upcoming exhibition Ordinarily Here are busy installing work in advance of the show's opening on June 19.
This week, artist Elizabeth Simonson installed two of the three pieces she's contributed to the show. One of them, Synura, is made with the very common material of cellophane tape layered on itself and attached to the gallery wall. Simonson created this work specifically for this show at the Weisman.
For this work, the tape, taken out of its usual utilitarian context, is transformed both in color and form. Synura, referenced in the work's title, is a golden colored algae that forms swimming colonies from a variable number of cells joined together at their posterior ends in a spherical or elongated cluster.
Be among the first to see all the work in Ordinarily Here at a free preview party on Friday, June 18. The event runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Local DJ Lori Barbero provides the music.
Elizabth Simonson received her BFA from Hunter College in 1996 and her MFA from Hunter College in 1999. Elizabeth Simonson's work is based on investigations of mathematical systems that replicate the patterns of ebbing and flowing tides. In 2002 she began to make hybrid drawings of rhythmically inflected, parallel strips of masking tape; her made-on-site drawings now include wall-mounted compositions of thin wire, as well as patterns of cuts made in large, rectilinear sheets of black foam. In each case, she begins a task, anticipates its direction, and follows its lead as the composition unfolds and defines itself. She has exhibited internationally at Livingroom-D-lyx, Malmö, Sweden, Plane Space, New York, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA and The Soap Factory, Minnneapolis, MN. Her work is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, Goldman Sachs and Hunter College in New York City. Her work has been reviewed in publications that include The New York Times, Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail and the Village Voice. Elizabeth Simonson currently houses her art studio in the Historic Thorp Building & CBC in the NE Minneapolis Arts District in Minnesota.
